Thanks to the support of The Helen Bader Foundation, 8 high school students will work as a team under the guidance of the Lead Artists to learn about and write poetry/spoken word that reflects each intern’s unique story. The interns will then hand-write their poems onto a variety of t-shirts and/or canvas bags that will be sold to the public.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Week 4 &5 : By Shantillie Moore

Last Week:
We completed the following tasks~

We had our first formal performance evaluations, and found out if our performance earned us a raise.

We completed our poems so we could get ready for designing our shirts.

We met with our career coaches to cover our second topic.

We opened up to each other and discussed/critiqued our poems.

We practiced the following 21st Century Skills~

Demonstrating a positive work ethic- Lead Artist and ArtWorks leadership will meet with each intern for formal performance evaluation.

Communication and Collaboration- Lead Artist and Artworks leadership will meet with each Intern for a formal performance evaluation.

Initiative and Self-Direction -- Working on our shirt designs

Listening and Understanding- Interns will listen to presentation, take notes, and complete exercises.

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving- Interns will use the information from all presentations to write new poems from the topics list.

Creativity and Innovation- Interns will design ideas of how they plan to complete their products.

Initiative and Self-Direction- Interns will determine which poems they will use.

This Week We Will:

Meet with our coaches to cover our third topic.

Start practicing writing on clothing and designing our shirts.

Review the performance goals we set for ourselves on the first day, and do an exercise with the team to measure our progress in meeting our goals.